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Straight White Male

by Chris Robley

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An electro pop song with hypnotic beats and bits of seething psychedelia underneath, in which Chris Robley files a toxicology report on American middle-class masculinity. Composed during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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There’s a streetlight out at the end of the cul-de-sac
where the crickets rub their legs in the woods out back
and the dark like debt stretches on,
you can’t tell what’s the woods and what’s your lawn.

Straight White Male,
did your straight white dad tell you hey kid you dare not fail
‘cause the measure, measure, measure of a real man’s in his hands?
Ain’t that right, white American man?

You put an angel up at the top of your Christmas tree
and it shines a little cheery light for all your kids and wife to see
but when the house falls asleep you unplug that wire.
Leave it on too long you know it’ll start a fire.

Straight White Male,
like the big fat head of the old snake who eats his tale,
the only thing you understand’s the only thing you understand.
Ain’t that right, white American man?

Straight White Male,
you know your rising tide is useless if the wind doesn’t fill all sails,
but you better bail a leaky boat and never lose sight of land.
Ain’t that right, white American man?

There’s a streetlight out at the end of your mortgaged lawn
and somewhere across town, lights are coming on.

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released February 1, 2019
Written, performed, and recorded by Chris Robley at Bite My Tongue in Lewiston, Maine.

Mixed by Peter Rodocker at Yellow Room Recording in Portland, Oregon.

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Chris Robley Lewiston, Maine

"Chris Robley is at the top of his game with his new work." - KCRW

Maine-based singer/songwriter and award-winning poet Chris Robley (formerly from Portland, Oregon) performs orchestral indie-pop and fractured folk reminiscent of John Lennon, John Vanderslice, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Henry.

His poetry has appeared in POETRY Magazine, Prairie Schooner, and many other journals. ... more

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